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April 23, 2008

Why Endorse? Bayh Asks Hoosier Reps

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., tours Allison Transmission, Inc., in Indianapolis on...

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 7:28 PM ET | Comments (369)

And Now, Indiana

NEW ALBANY, Ind. - It's all about Indiana. Even Barack Obama says as much. "Now it's up to you, Indiana," Obama told a crowd in Evansville. --Shailagh Murray

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 7:15 PM ET | Comments (60)

Down-Ticket GOP Candidates Find a Foil in Obama

Republican party committees and candidates have launched a series of ads this week linking Democratic candidates for lower offices to controversies surrounding Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, signaling that a racially tinged campaign may lie ahead should the senator from Illinois secure the Democratic nomination. --Paul Kane

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 7:07 PM ET | Comments (84)

No Novelty to Obama's Weakness with Blue-Collar Pa. Dems

Will Barack Obama be able to win back the blue-collar Democrats that Hillary Clinton has won by wide margins in key Rust Belt states? --Alec MacGillis

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 4:19 PM ET | Comments (135)

Pa. Results Renew Debate About Democrats & Red States

Barack Obama's campaign team moved quickly Wednesday to keep driving the narrative that their candidate remains the inevitable Democratic nominee, despite Hillary Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania, and the strongest candidate in November. What they are arguing is that Obama's unconventional appeal is actually the safest choice for the Democrats in 2008. --Dan Balz

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 4:03 PM ET | Comments (224)

Washington Sketch: The Neverending Primary

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Posted on April 23, 2008 at 3:39 PM ET | Comments (2)

Hillary's Post-Pa. Money Haul

Clinton's campaign is reporting that it has collected a flood of new contributions overnight that now totals more than $10 million. --Matthew Mosk

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 3:08 PM ET | Comments (160)

Obama Reaches Out to Female Voters in Indiana

A day after his loss in Pennsylvania, Sen. Barack Obama appealed to female voters in Indiana. A majority of women sided with Sen. Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania.

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 2:26 PM ET | Comments (11)

In Johnson's Footsteps, McCain Finds Republicans

INEZ, Ky. -- Greeted with whoops and cheers by a crowd in a packed courthouse here this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pledged to help small rural communities that have been largely overlooked by national politicians. --Juliet Eilperin

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 12:47 PM ET | Comments (9)

Obama Aides Deny They Will Use White House Controversies Against Clinton

Barack Obama's campaign pushed back hard against suggestions from a Democratic strategist, made in today's Washington Post, that the Illinois senator's campaign may dredge up controversies from the Clinton White House years in the run-up to the May 6 Indiana and North Carolina primaries. --Jonathan Weisman

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 12:30 PM ET | Comments (194)

 

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